AT&T Launches HTC First Smartphone w/ HTC and Facebook

AT&T, HTC and Facebook have teamed up to develop and launch the HTC First, the first and only smartphone built to feature Facebook Home, which puts your friends at the heart of your phone. Facebook Home is the first mobile experience designed to give you your friends’ latest updates right on your home screen and messages that reach you no matter what you’re doing. Here is a video that shows how the new Facebook Home new notifications work as that is the key new feature of this device!

The HTC First is available for pre-order now for $99.99 with a two-year contract, and available exclusively in AT&T stores and online starting April 12. HTC First will be available in four colors: black, white, red and pale blue. The $99 phone features a 4.3-inch glass display. Inside, the smartphone runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor (dual-core CPU). It 3G/4G world and multimode LTE you can get full us of AT&T’s 4G LTE network.

“The HTC First will offer the best Facebook Home experience on mobile, right out of the box. That’s why we’re committed to this phone and making it exclusive in our stores,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility. “Because AT&T offers the fastest 4G LTE** in the nation, it’s the best network for Facebook Home. And the best device for Facebook Home is the HTC First.”